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Quickly AdjustThe Color Of Your

Images UsingAdobe Lightroom

A how-to guide forquick turnaround

on post-productionprocessing throughAdobe Lightroom.

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Quickly AdjustThe Color Of

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Commerce is a fastmoving industry with high

standards for turnaround

time. It’s essential to

get images of your product from

the camera to the web as quickly

as possible, while maintaining

professional standards. Post-pro-

duction processing is a critical step in

developing an efficient workflow, and

it can become time-consuming when

dealing with large numbers of images.

It’s important to invest time in learning

to use software that will help you

save time and money in the long run.

One of the most useful programs for

a photographer is Adobe Lightroom.

If you know how to use Lightroom

and you photograph your products

with the same camera settings for all

images, your post-production process

can be streamlined.

Adobe Lightroom is a photo processor

and image organizer that allows

you to view imagery, organize it for

convenience, and quickly retouch a

large number of images at the same

time. Its main purpose is to batch

process multiple images, keeping aconsistent professional appearance

without requiring you to perform

repetitive actions. Lightroom has

many useful product image editing

tools, but in this post we will stick to

the basics and show you how to batch

edit and process large volumes of

imagery.

Follow along to learn the basics of

batch processing in Adobe Lightroom.

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Images OnHard Drive

ou should already know

how you want your

images organized. It’s

important to keep that

structure in mind while

setting up your batch process.

In our example, we have organized

by photo shoots. Each shoot gets its

own folder, and all the images from

that shoot go into the folder in RAW

format. We’ll pull the RAW images

into Lightroom; all of the editing done

through Lightroom is non-destructive,

so you won’t lose any data and can

edit them again later if needed.

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Step 1:

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editing donethrough

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ImportingInto Library

Step 2:

ow that our files are

organized into folders

on the hard drive, let’s

begin importing our first

cataloged session. We’ll

break the process into easy to follow

steps, and you can watch the video for

even more helpful detail.

1. From the main menu, choose File >

Import Photos And Video.

2. In the upper-left corner of the

import window, use the Source

panel to navigate to the folder you

want to import.

3. At the top of the frame you will see

a button that says ‘Add.’ Make

sure this is selected so you are

adding these images to your

Lightroom catalog while still

keeping them in the same place onyour hard drive.

4. At the bottom of the frame you

should see in the left-center a

‘select all’ button. Make sure you

have all the images in this folder

selected so you can import your

whole session.

5. Click ‘Import’ and watch your files

appear in their own import catalog.

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AdjustmentsStep 3:

ow that we have all the

images imported into

our catalog, it’s time to

adjust them!

At the top right of the catalog frame,

you will see a row of buttons: Library

(where we are currently), Develop,

Map, Book, Slideshow, Print & Web.

Since we are currently in the Librarysection for organizing and selecting,

we will now want to shift to the

Develop section to use adjustment

tools. Once in the Develop tab you

should see a panel on the right

side next to the image you have

selected. You will be making all of

your adjustments to this one image.

As you can see, there are a few drop

down tabs in the right adjustment tool

box. The main drop down menu you

will be using is Basics. This is where allyour priority tools live. The main tools

under Basics you will be using are:

1. White Balance:

There is a dropper tool at the top left

of the Basics box. Click it and drag

your dropper tool over the image to a

spot that should be grey. Click on the

spot and it should automatically white

balance your image for you. If you

feel it needs more adjustments, try

playing with the Temp & Tint toggles.

They allow you to have more manual

control over white balance.

2. Exposure:

Your exposure should already be

as close to real life as possible, but

some adjustment may be needed tobrighten it up a bit. Use this toggle to

brighten or darken your image.

3. Contrast:

This will help make your image pop by

accentuating the lights and darks. It

will make your blacks and whites more

prominent, which can help certain

details stand out.

After making your adjustments on

this one image, select the rest of

the catalog from the bottom film

strip. After they are selected, on thebottom right of the tools panel you

will see a sync button. Click this and

a window will pop up that allows you

to select the adjustments you would

like to batch throughout the selected

images. Choose the ones that you

adjusted (the list above) and click

synchronize. You should be able to see

the adjustments on each image as the

sync moves through them.

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SelectingStep 4:

ow that all your images

are imported and

adjusted, we need

to select images for

processing. The most

efficient and organized selection

method uses star ratings. At the

bottom of each image there are five

empty stars, allowing you to rate the

image by clicking the appropriate

star. Mark your selects with a five star

rating. Once you are done picking

selects, sort your catalog by Rating so

that five star images are at the front:

View > Sort> Rating.

You may want to take this opportunity

to delete unstarred images in order

to save disk space; RAW images are

often 30MB or larger. Whether you

choose to delete unstarred images

or not, proceed to the next step by

clicking the first image and holding

down ‘command’ while clicking the

last image with five stars.

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ProcessStep 5:

ll of your images

should be imported,adjusted, and selected.

In Lightroom, in the top

menu under File you will

select Export. A window will pop up

with information that you need to fill

in. For organizational purposes, it’s

best to export them to a new folder

within the folder your RAW images are

located. Call the folder ‘Final’ so you

know that these are the images you

want in the future. Here I have named

them Shoe_#, but you can name themanything you like. Most companies

name products by their class, style

& color numbers (ex: 333_5555_444).

Using the company’s naming scheme

will allow your imagery to be both

organized and accessible to others

with whom you may share the files.

When all your information is

completed, click Export and you

should see your files in their new folder

within the original folder on your hard

drive!

Optimizing product image quality

in the fast paced environment of

eCommerce is a challenge. Fluency in

Adobe Lightroom allows you to import

and organize files, quickly edit them

all in bulk, and batch process selected

images for future use. It’s quick, easy,

and affordable to manage a large

image workflow when implementing

software like Adobe Lightroom.

If you don’t have time to do the editing

yourself, or if you want hassle free

customized product images delivered

in 24 hours or less, let Pixelz help! We

integrate seamlessly and ensure a

consistent professional presentation

of your product images.

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